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From: "marilynandmonty" <>
Subject: [WVBERKEL] bounced messages - information on Excite and home.com
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:45:30 -0800


BlankThis message is for information only since some members may not be aware that some high-speed internet subscribers have lost their e-mail access. Please excuse duplicate postings to different lists.

was the high-speed internet provider to about 4 million subscribers, including 850,000 on AT&T. A federal judge allowed Excite to "pull the plug" midnight Saturday if it couldn't negotiate with cable providers, such as Cox, Comcast and AT&T. Excite and AT&T negotiations broke down and AT&T stopped its service early Saturday. According to an article available at the URL listed below, AT&T is slowly restoring internet and e-mail service to its customers. However, if you have sent or are sending messages to anyone with home.com in their address and your messages bounce back, your recipient may be a victim of this. Some of us have yet to lose service, though we could any minute if our providers cannot continue to negotiate with EXCITE.

http://home-news.excite.com/news/ap/011201/20/tech-excite-internet-access

It's been so quiet on these lists, I figured a lot of the members may have been affected. For the rest of us, I am hoping this message will help us understand why we may have temporarily "lost" members!

Marilyn G.



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